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Eram tempos difíceis para David Gilmour: sem trabalho fixo, com o dinheiro curto e o filho de 15 anos colecionando reprovações em todas as matérias do ensino médio. Diante da desorientação e da infelicidade desse filho-problema, o pai faz uma oferta fora dos padrões: o garoto poderia sair da escola — e ficar sem trabalhar e sem pagar aluguel — desde que assistisse semanalmente a três filmes escolhidos pelo pai. Com essa aposta diferente na recuperação e na formação de um rapaz que está “perdido”, formaram o clube do filme. Semana a semana, lado a lado, pai e filho viam e discutiam o melhor (e, ocasionalmente, o pior) do cinema: de A Doce Vida (o clássico de Federico Fellini) a Instinto Selvagem (o thriller sensual estrelado por Sharon Stone); de Os Reis do Iê, Iê, Iê (hit cinematográfico da Beatlemania) a O Iluminado (interpretação primorosa de Jack Nicholson, dirigido por Stanley Kubrick); de O Poderoso Chefão (um dos integrantes das listas de “melhores filmes de todos os tempos”) a Amores Expressos (cult romântico e contemporâneo do chinês Wong Kar-Way). Essas sessões os mantinham em constante diálogo — sobre mulheres, música, dor de cotovelo, trabalho, drogas, amor, amizade —, e abriam as portas para o universo interior do adolescente, num momento em que os pais geralmente as encontram fechadas. David Gilmour, crítico de cinema e escritor premiado, oferece uma percepção singular sobre filmes, roteiros, diretores e atores inesquecíveis ao relatar essa vivência com olho clínico e muita sinceridade. O autor emociona ao colocar os leitores diante da descoberta da vida adulta pelos olhos de um jovem e dos dilemas da adolescência administrados por um pai muito presente. Nas palavras de Gilmour: “É um exemplo do que o cinema é capaz, de como os filmes podem vencer suas defesas e realmente atingir seu coração.”

Un padre, su hijo y una educación nada convencional: ni escuela, ni trabajo, ni drogas; solo tres películas a la semana. Fue un trato muy poco convencional: Jesse podía dejar de ir al instituto, dormir todo el día, no trabajar, no pagar alquiler pero a cambio tenía que mantenerse alejado de las drogas y ver tres películas a la semana con su padre, el crítico de cine canadiense David Gilmour. Jesse aceptó de inmediato y al día siguiente padre e hijo comenzaron con la primera película de la lista: Los cuatrocientos golpes de François Truffaut. A lo largo de tres años padre e hijo vieron todo tipo de películas, desde las consideradas joyas del cine hasta los grandes bodrios de todos los tiempos. Con el trasfondo de El padrino, Instinto básico, Showgirls, Ciudadano Kane o La ley del silencio, David y Jesse hablan de los principales directores de cine, de las escenas célebres y de los actores que las protagonizaron, y poco a poco sobre todo tipo de temas: chicas, música, mal de amores, trabajo, drogas, talento, dinero, amor, amistad... Cineclub es un repaso personal de la historia del cine, un desafío a nuestras nociones de la educación y, sobre todo, la historia real y conmovedora acerca de cómo un padre y un hijo sortearon una época muy especial en su relación; en la que los hijos se encierran en sí mismos y los padres pierden la oportunidad de llegar a ellos. Esta es la historia de una decisión que lo cambió todo. Reseña: «Al mismo tiempo que recorrían la senda cinematográfica se detenían, casi sin pretenderlo, en la existencia misma.» ABC

Há coisas que só podem ser compreendidas quando vividas uma segunda vez... Um escritor parte numa viagem rumo ao próprio passado. Ele vagueia pelas ruas de Paris, de Toronto, de uma cidadezinha praiana da Jamaica. Lá, estão o internato, uma roda-gigante girando na noite; uma casinha de campo caindo aos pedaços, lugares onde foi feliz e triste, na maioria das vezes desesperado, buscando um sentido para sua vida. Ele reencontra as pessoas, as conversas, os sonhos e as paixões, memórias que tinham se perdido no tempo e agora voltavam para que ele as visse com novos olhos, estes bem abertos para o que não conseguiu enxergar quando as viveu pela primeira vez.

Elegant und kenntnisreich führt David Gilmour seine Leser durch die Geschichte der Halbinsel. Er reichert seine Darstellung an mit prächtigen Anekdoten, sinnlichen Eindrücken und interessanten Gesprächen. Ein kluges und inspiriertes Buch. Gilmour zeigt, dass die Pracht Italiens immer in seinen Regionen mit ihrer je eigenen Kunst, städtischen Kultur, Identität und Küche gelegen hat. Die Regionen brachten die mittelalterlichen Städte und die Renaissance, die Republik Venedig und das Großherzogtum Toskana hervor, die beiden kultiviertesten Staaten der europäischen Geschichte. Dieses fesselnde Buch erklärt die italienische Geschichte so klug und stimmig, dass jeder Italienliebhaber seine Freude daran haben muss. Ein wahres Lesevergnügen, voll ausgewählter Geschichten und Beobachtungen aus persönlicher Erfahrung und bevölkert mit großen Gestalten der Vergangenheit: von Cicero und Vergil bis zu Dante und den Medici, von Cavour und Verdi bis zu den umstrittenen politischen Figuren des 20. Jahrhunderts. Das Buch wirft einen klarsichtigen Blick auf das Risorgimento. Es entzaubert die Mythen, die sich darum ranken.

ταν ο Τζέσε, ο δεκαπεντάχρονος γιος του Ντέιβιντ Γκίλμουρ, αρχίζει να κόβεται σε όλα τα μαθήματα στο σχολείο, ο πατέρας του του κάνει μια πρωτότυπη πρόταση: μπορεί να παρατήσει το σχολείο –δε χρειάζεται να πιάσει δουλειά ή να πληρώνει νοίκι–, αλλά με έναν όρο: κάθε βδομάδα θα βλέπει τρεις ταινίες που θα επιλέγει ο πατέρας του. Έτσι, βδομάδα τη βδομάδα, πατέρας και γιος, δίπλα δίπλα, παρακολουθούν τις καλύτερες (και κατά καιρούς τις χειρότερες) ταινίες του κόσμου, ενώ μιλούν για τον κινηματογράφο και τη ζωή. Καθώς η Κινηματογραφική λέσχη οδεύει προς ένα αναπόφευκτο γλυκόπικρο τέλος, ο Τζέσε παίρνει μια απόφαση που ξαφνιάζει ακόμα και τον πατέρα του...

A violin player obsesses over a former lover and his complicated relationship with his womanizing father.

Advent can be a difficult time of year, especially for those in the deepest and darkest throes of waiting for things to get better. Yet we know that the message of Advent is ultimately hope for the hopeless, peace in the chaos, joy for the joyless, and love for the unloved. The darkness has not overcome the light of Christ, so we rejoice even as we wait for all to be restored and made new. Advent reminds us that Jesus is the true Hope of All the Earth. Journey with your faith community through this devotional book for all ages that offers discussion questions following each reflection as well as a space to journal a prayer each day.

In his first two novels David Gilmour took a candid look at romantic and carnal love. With this newest work he makes a surprising departure and turns his attention to a different kind of love. "He was a bad dog that needed killing." That''s how the grisly death of Pascal Charleville was described to police after a weekend visit at the country estate of Harrow Winncup took a nasty turn. Few people were surprised: Harrow had been courting tragedy for years. He was a bright, beautiful boy with a penchant for strong booze and drugs; he also had the unfortunate fate of being the only son to a very wicked mother. Also at the house that weekend was Christian Blackwood. He and Harrow grew up together, went to Paris together, drank together, went out with girls together, and decided what to do with Pascal Charleville''s body together. An Affair with the Moon is ultimately the story of their relationship--and its astonishing aftermath. It is a story of how one friend turned the others tragedy into his advanta≥ it is a story of friendship, but it is also a story of revenge.

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It was an unconventional deal: Jesse could leave school, sleep all day, not work - but he had to watch three films a week of his father''s choosing. The films get them talking - about girls, music, work, drugs, money, love, friendship. This is the story of one man''s attempt to chart a course for his beloved son''s rocky passage into adulthood.

Bix has it all: a failed marriage, a faltering career as a speechwriter, a drinking problem (not to mention the pills) and a wayward eye for the women. The last thing he needs is trouble named Holly, which is, of course, exactly what he gets--briefly. His only assets are his daughter Zoey and an excruciating (and excruciatingly funny) sense of who he is, which becomes his path to redemption from the erotic rollercoaster that is this impressive and un-put-downable novel. David Gilmour''s first novel, Back on Tuesday, garnered critical acclaim from such diverse critics as William Burroughs and Northroup Frye, and was published both in Canada and the United States. David works at the CBC where he is a film critic for "The Journal."